Aptavani 05

SR No.: 007536
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 131
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 22 KB

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body. To dwell in the Self means that the dwelling in the nonSelf is gone. One's worldly life moves aside.
Questioner: Lord Mahavir sent away Gautam Swami from him because Gautam Swami had moha for the Lord. What kind of moha was that?
Dadashri: That was prashasta moha. Attachment towards those headed for moksha is called prashasta moha. Such moha is not harmful. It will give you the Self. Moksha may be delayed a little, but what objection do we have here?
Moha for the Vitarags (absolutely free from attachment and abhorrence), moha for all that brings You to a state of vitaragata is prashasta moha. Then why can one not have moha for an idol of the Lord; it is a thing that will bring you vitaragata and therefore it is called prashasta moha.
Questioner: Is moha towards you considered prashasta moha?
Dadashri: Yes, moha for the Gnani Purush is very exalted. One's moha for that which is worldly decreases after many lifetimes of penance and sacrifices, and that is when he meets a Gnani Purush.
The Mind in Akram Vignan
Therefore, You should steer your mind with a good understanding, through Gnan. Then the mind will run 'first class'. Ordinarily the mind will not catch on to this point but once it does, it will not let go of it.
Questioner: So Dada, what should one do to make it listen and follow?
Dadashri: I will do that for you. The day I give you Gnan I awaken the Self within you, and because of that, your mind turns in this direction. The Origin of Suspicion and the Charging Mind
Whatever doubts and suspicion arises in your worldly life interaction; it is the function of the mind. They are attributes of the mind. When the intellect and the mind get together, they will create and get caught up in all kinds of whirlwinds. Just as wind progresses into a whirlwind, that is how a 'cyclone within is set in motion.
Questioner: What is the part of the intellect (buddhi) in that?
Dadashri: Yes, the intellect is involved for sure. When the mind says, 'Yes', the intellect will say, 'No, it is like this.' This gives rise to doubts. Therefore, there is a 'parliament' within. No one has ever become doubt-free where the Self is concerned; if one were to become doubt-free about the Self, one would attain awareness of the Self.
Questioner: Is it necessary to become completely doubt-free (nihshank) in order to attain moksha (liberation)?
Questioner: The mind understands there is a trap on this side and that it cannot afford to be involved in it, and yet on the other hand it keeps having thoughts about worldly things, what is that?
Dadashri: The mind (mun) is contradictory. It does its work according to our understanding. If you think that Ahmadabad is in the North, then you steer your ship of the mind in that direction. Then if you think differently and steer it the wrong direction, are you likely to reach Ahmadabad? So, the mind is like a ship. It will take you wherever you steer it.
Dadashri: One will have to become doubt-free about the Self. But what is the Self? The Self is not such that people can comprehend it through their intellect. It is not what people believe it to be. People have intellect and the Self is not something that can be measured through the intellect. It is